Course Catalog - 2022-2023

     

ANTH 449 - CULTURES OF SEXUALITY

Long Title: CULTURES OF SEXUALITY
Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: What is "sexuality" across cultural milieux? This course analyzes understandings and practices of sexuality from a global, comparative perspective, including different social configurations of gender and intimacy, reproduction, sensuality and the erotic. Case studies explore the complex relationships between sexuality and gender, ethnicity, nationalism, globalization, commodification, politics, media, health and medicine. Cross-list: SWGS 449, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 649. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 449 if student has credit for ANTH 649.